diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/filters/TokenFilter.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/filters/TokenFilter.java
index ff727c9d0..b1d69f187 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/filters/TokenFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/filters/TokenFilter.java
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public class TokenFilter
          * default - false
          */
         public void setIncludeDelims(boolean includeDelims) {
-            this.includeDelims = true;
+            this.includeDelims = includeDelims;
         }
 
         public String getToken(Reader in)